Educational Provisions for Disadvantaged Children
Educational programmes for the disadvantaged children should
cater to their unique background, local needs and aspirations. Their unique and
fascinating geographical and cultural background, customs and traditions,
social vocational life, and the needs and aspirations of the people should be
reflected in the curricular and co-curricular activities of the school. This
calls for revision of the curriculum, development of special primers through
mixed language approach, adopting appropriate methods and using suitable aids.
The following remedial measures could be adopted at the governmental level for
the educational rehabilitation of the socially disadvantaged children.
1. Establish
residential schools for deprived children where the expenses for education,
clothing, boarding, medical care etc. are being met by the government.
2. Give
financial aid for disadvantaged children where poverty and financial problems
found to be barrier in the path of progress of the underprivileged children.
3. Appoint
expert teachers who have received special training in the guidance of deprived children
in the schools where there is comparatively a high proportion of children from
disadvantaged communities.
4. Vocationalise
the education to meet current economic requirements and future employment needs
of children from disadvantaged communities.
5. Give
incentives to the indigent families, so that they would be able to send their
children regularly to schools.
6. Give
compensatory pre-school education to deprived children to enrich their early linguistic
environment which will help them to improve their vocabulary and overcome the
language difficulties.
7. Adjust
the school hours and vocations of deprived children so that these children get
ample opportunities to assist their parents.
Besides
these school-based programmes, parent education and functional literacy
programmes in non-formal centres, and early intervention programmes mainly for
infants and mothers are far effective in enriching the experiences of
disadvantaged parents and adults which may become instrumental for changing
their attitude towards the education of their children.
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